Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-24

The newest Fittings for dresses are made
OF infinitestimal close,set loops Of gauze
ribbon an eighth OF an inch wide. There
are pretty shirt fronts with collars and white
quired; and handkerchiets colored oil over.
and with many other new hens In drawn
work with and without lace.
1t is only within the past 500 years that
Women have danced publicly with men.
condemned IL. When Henry Ill, OF France
visited Venice. early in the sixteenth CEN
tury, more than three hundred OF the first la
dies OF the city danced before BIN, but not
one Of them had male partner.
A much favored ornament of the moment
consists OF aiguilettes or tags and necklaces
OF passementerie. the latter composed OF
several graduated rows. There are also CIR
dies OF .passementerie similar to the neck
laces, which hang in several rows below the
waist In front, terminating at the sides. but
sometimes extending all around the waist.
The following are some of the colors and
shades which will be fashionable next fall
Dante, a yellowish brown; Acajoun, deep
mahogany brown; SueZ, light green
Amandier, light apple green: Eucalyptus,
bronze green; Mousse, moss green; Leman,
gobelins blus BoIs de Rose, light rosewood;
Santal. sandalwood brown; Brezii, chipped
logwOOd color.
Boots ought always to match a costume.
There are many reasons for this, but the
chief one is that they give tho foot tidier
black boot and, moreover. the foot looks
much smaller from the harmony with the
skirt beneath which it shows another point
decidedly IN its favor, as the tendency is to
| save women from wearing too tight boots.
Anticipation of the needs of early autumn
| finds espOnse in a beautiful little bonnet of
modified French cottage bonnet shape, made
Of golden brown fancy braid, striped VIII, with
| formed OF brown velvet, and the trimming
| bow. OF brown faille Franchise ribbon
| crushed down by a montllre of brown Dir ed
| grass and seed-yeSSelS, completed by strings
| OF the ribbon
| Danbury Is rather fond of its ten-yoar-old
| girl ball player: but her parents are not. She
| is said to catch with perfect sease. grace and
the highest y being
| overhanded Ike girls in general. but puts 1t
in from the shoulder in the true style. Her
parents have punished her in various ways
| for playing ball on the street. 1t does no
| good, as her passion for it amounts to a
| mania.
| Within twelve or fifteen months bird skins
have almost totally disappeared from the hat
and bonnets OF women. The return of rib.
| bons must give employment to thousands of
| ribbon weavers. the treasury department
has decided that the duty on birds mounted
for millinery purposes is % per cent al va
loren, so they can no longer be entered free
as stuffed birds. This VIII tend to increased
warfare on American birds. and those who
take an interest in them ought not to allow
| their vigilance to siacken.
The new checked and striped woods are
| charming for tailOrmade gowns, and so light
| are these fabrics in weight that even in the
| hottest weather they could be no more OPP
pressve than yelling or alabatros. Indeed,
summer tweeds. as they are called, are less
ted cOttons. Delicate women and children
should wear all wool goods IN preference to
cotton and If the material be all wool and
never so light colOred it can be cleaned once
| and apaln and aDnear fresh and new as